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Anselm Stanley Dissanaike (1925–2015) was an eminent parasitologist. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of science and research, the University of London recognised him with the award of the higher doctorate of DSc in 1966. Stanley had the distinction of having two parasites named after him. One a trematode (a fluke) Bilorchis dissanaikei, and the other a malarial parasite of parakeets, Plasmodium dissanaikei, discovered by his former student in London.
His research has identified several parasites of zoonotic importance to humans and elucidated many of the life-cycles of parasites both in Sri Lanka and in Malaysia where he spent his later academic life. Zoonoses is his special interest, and he emphasised the importance of parasitic organisms crossing species barriers when opportune, a biological feature relating to major human infectious disease issues at present.
He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ceylon (Colombo) from 1967 to 1970 and held the chair in Parasitology from 1964 to 1972. Following this, he moved to the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur to accept the chair in Parasitology.
Recognised for his original scientific contributions and as an international expert in parasitology, he was in 1978 chosen for a position in the World Health Organisation's Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (WHO,TDR), in Geneva. After retirement from TDR, WHO he returned to Sri Lanka and continued to serve as a member of the WHO Expert Committee on General Parasitology.
Stanley was born on 29 October 1925. He had his schooling at Richmond College, Galle, and St. Peter's College, Colombo. He then entered the University of Ceylon and followed a BSc Special Zoology degree with parasitology as the special subject, and obtained first class honours. He was the very first student in the country to achieve a first class degree in zoology. Thereafter, he went on to study medicine, graduating from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon with an impressive academic record with several first classes and medals, culminating in a distinction in Medicine. In 1954, he completed his PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, under the supervision of the late Professor Cyril Garnham FRS whose book on malaria parasites remains a classic to this day.
In 1977 Stanley was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK). In 1995 he was conferred the title of professor emeritus of the University of Colombo. His elder brother, Ben Dissanaike, was a former President of the Institute of Chemistry in Sri Lanka and Head of the country's Government Analysts’ Department. Stanley's younger brother, Professor George Dissanaike PhD (Cambridge), was a physicist.
References
- "A Tribute to Anselm Stanley Dissanaike" (PDF). The Ceylon Medical Journal. December 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- "Appreciations - Prof. Anselm Stanley Dissanaike". Sunday Times. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 29 Dec 2024.
- "Distinguished physicist was a great teacher and complete gentleman". Sunday Times. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
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